Buzz Aldrin Poses with Flag

Neil Armstrong, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, July 20, 1969

This is a photograph of the moon's surface featuring a U.S. flag and a person in a white spacesuit. The dark sky beyond contrasts with the brightly lit surface of the gray moon, which is covered in fine, grey dust… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Neil Armstrong, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ¹
Date: July 20, 1969 ¹
Medium: chromogenic print ¹
Original: 7,147 × 7,283 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

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